Layout Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Building Pages in Graphic Design

An inspired resource for creating meaningful design, Layout Workbook is one of five volumes in Rockport's series of practical and inspirational books that cover the fundamental areas of graphic design. In this edition, author Kristin Cullen tackles the often perplexing job of nailing down a layout that works. More than a collection of great examples, this book is a valuable resource for students, designers, and creative professionals who seek design understanding and inspiration. The book illuminates the broad category of layout, communicating specifically what it takes to design with excellence. It also addresses the how and why of the creative process. Cullen approaches layout with a series of step-by-step fundamental chapters addressing topics such as design function, inspiration, process, intuition, structure, organization, the interaction of visual elements, typography, and design analysis.

• Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design
• Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design
• Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids (Design Essentials)
• Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students
• Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
• Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design
• Real World Print Production with Adobe Creative Cloud (Graphic Design & Visual Communication Courses)
• Making and Breaking the Grid, Second Edition, Updated and Expanded: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
• Design Elements, 2nd Edition: Understanding the rules and knowing when to break them - Updated and Expanded
• Lessons in Typography: Must-know typographic principles presented through lessons, exercises, and examples (Creative Core)